The Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD) project will convene a workshop to explore development of a coastal erosion model, specific to permafrost-dominated coasts. The workshop will take place on Saturday, 28 June 2008, immediately preceding the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP), at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Model development will involve gaining an overview of the status and extent of existing models, identifying data and process gaps, and determining the scope of a new overarching model.

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